Psychology - Approaches (Part 4)

Across

1. type of quasi experiment where the allocation of participants to the different experimental conditions outside the control of the researcher reflects but reflects naturally occurring differences in the independent variable. (7, 10)

Down

2. a small scale prototype of the experiment. It is carried out on a small number of participants in order to find out whether there are any problems with the design, the instructions for participants, the measuring instruments or any other aspect of th (5, 7)

3. defining all variables in such a way that it is easy to measure them (18)

4. Participants’ performance on two conditions may be affected by the order in which they are performed for e.g. Being bored or having too much practice. (5, 7)

5. an observer who is also taking part in the activity being observed. (11, 8)

6. a hypothesis that states that any findings are due to chance factors and do not reflect a true difference effect or relationship. (4, 10)

7. the process by which individuals are selected because they are best adapted to their environment. (7, 9)

8. participants are selected because they are available not because they are a representative of the population. (11, 8)